Date & Time:
Jun 28, 1942 at 0500 LT
Type of aircraft:
Short S.29 Stirling
Operator:
Registration:
N3751
Flight Phase:
Landing (descent or approach)
Flight Type:
Bombing
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Stradishall - Stradishall
Country:
United Kingdom
Region:
Europe
Crew on board:
7
Crew fatalities:
1
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The airplane departed RAF Stradishall at 2340LT on June 27 on an operation to Bremen. Over the target area, it was badly damaged by the German Flak and fighters. Nevertheless, the crew was able to return to base at the end of the following night. Due to damages, the airplane landed with the undercarriage retracted and was damaged beyond repair. A crew member was killed during the attack and a second was injured.
Crew:
Sgt Frank Morton Griggs, pilot,
Sgt Arthur O'Hara, navigator,
Sgt Thomas Noel Castree Prosser,
Sgt William Wildey, wireless operator,
F/Sgt James Ian Cunningham Waddicar, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Watson, air gunner,
Sgt Horace Arthur William Sewell, air gunner. †
Crew:
Sgt Frank Morton Griggs, pilot,
Sgt Arthur O'Hara, navigator,
Sgt Thomas Noel Castree Prosser,
Sgt William Wildey, wireless operator,
F/Sgt James Ian Cunningham Waddicar, wireless operator,
Sgt Ronald Watson, air gunner,
Sgt Horace Arthur William Sewell, air gunner. †
Probable cause:
Badly damaged by enemy fire.
